Leisure and Sport Facilities

Olympic Stadia provides a comprehensive account of the development of stadia including but not limited to: developments in running tracks, the introduction of lighting, improvements in spectator viewing standards and the introduction of roofs.

There has been a renaissance in the design of stadia, which are often the most expensive and monumental of projects and have become icons of identity and defining presences in the built landscape. This book examines a range of exemplary stadia, including examples from Lina Bo Bardi, Frei Otto, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Herzog and de Meuron, Foster +

This book showcases spectacular images of a wide range of pool designs, from natural or rustic to contemporary designer pools, indoor/outdoor swimming pools, as well as illuminated designs and other modern features. Pools features strong context and planning, site plans, materials and furniture.

Features the newest outdoor recreational design projects from designers around the world, illustrating new and exciting ideas for sports park landscape design.

This book tells the double story of a building, with its dissimilar and even contradictory past uses, and of a city, with its atomised housing underpinning an unequal development.

The new triple sports centre was officially opened on the ETH campus at Honggerberg in May 2009. This architectural monograph documents the previous building designed by A H Steiner, as well as the planning, execution and usage of the new complex.

Created by an assembly of leading designers, architects, and bloggers, these 57 unique and innovative designs will show you the limits of what is possible. You'll also find guidelines on building with recycled and salvaged materials, plus techniques for making your small space comfortable and easy to inhabit.

From buying the right decking materials to digging a footing, this book familiarises readers with the basics before covering framing and finishing skills through attaching posts to beams, building stairs, installing guards and handrails.

How to build beautiful walls, bridges and decorative garden features using traditional methods of dry stone masonry without mortar, illustrated step by step in colour.